Every day we post a Thought for the day written by someone within the circuit. Some are very light hearted and some are very deep theologically with all bases between covered.
We hope these will encourage, uplift and make you reflect but most of all we hope you enjoy reading these small daily snippets and take some inspiration on your daily journey
“I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go” (Genesis 28:15)
Today’s thought for the day is brought to us by Rev Claire Jones www.christianaid.org.uk/resources/pray/daily-reading Something to read Now concerning love of the brothers and sisters, you do not need to have anyone write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another; and indeed you do love all the brothers…
I read the following extract from an American Facebook post. For those unaware of American driving, a “stick or stick shift” is a manual gearbox instead of an automatic. “As I was pulling into work, I was following this car. The sign in the back window says, “Learning stick sorry for any delay.” Knowing this…
My husband and I recently had my son’s dog for the weekend whilst he and his wife attended a friend’s wedding. We are not dog owner’s and had to prepare for the visit by finding all the potential areas of escape. Fortunately, Bill, (the dog), is familiar with us and our home. Having blocked up…
Leaving the supermarket the other day we saw a young couple with a little girl maybe about eighteen months to two years old. She was ever so cute and was carrying a little handbag, clearly to be like mum, she headed across to the wire shopping baskets and struggled to try to pick one up,…
Many years ago, in my previous church in Northern Ireland, we made up these little survival kits for people in the congregation. I found it recently when I was sorting out some paperwork. PAPER CLIP to help to hold it together in difficult times. PLASTER to help with life’s hurt feelings. CANDLE …
Are you lonely? Some people enjoy solitude, being alone doesn’t always mean feeling lonely. Loneliness is the distress, some have called it ‘social pain’, that comes from a perceived gap between desired social interaction and one’s experiences of it. It can lead on to other mental health issues : depression, anxiety, paranoia. Loneliness is often…
A week ago, we elected a new Government; but writing this over the weekend before the election I am at a disadvantage. I have a shrewd idea of the outcome but not its detail. Of one thing I am sure, however confident our new leadership may appear to us, there will be things they must…
Today’s thought for the day is brought to us by Rev Saul Tadzaushe Our world, yes, our world needs revival now! Our World today is a fascinating world yet a paradoxical situation. On one side of the coin, we seem to be in a post Christian era, churches closed, buildings sold numbers declining. It appears…
I recall a work colleague telling me that driving home after a holiday, he came across a long line of traffic following an accident. He stopped in plenty of time, but unfortunately, the vehicles behind did not. His car was shunted into the cars in front of him, but because the car he was driving…
When I was at school one of my friends lived on a farm in the middle of Dartmoor. I often used to go and spend the weekend at her house. As I lived on the edge of the city, I found the complete darkness at night quite spooky, and waking up to find a cow…